Starting mechanism for explosive-engines.



A. WINTON & H. B. ANDERSON.

STARTING MBGHANISM FOR EXPLosIVB ENGINES.

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STARTING MBOHANISM FOR EXPLOSIVE ENGINES.

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witnesses vnronnrm HAROLD n. Annie-neon;

r' CLEVELAND, paro, AssIGNons ro 'rire wnIToN Moron Gemessen corr-Perri, or' oLnvEL'ANn, -oHIo.-'

STARTING MECHANIS'M 'Fon EXPLosIVE-ENGIN'ES.

Specification. o1 Letters' Patent;

Patented-Nom, 1914.

.pgrlrntion flied August 15,' 1906. Serial No. 330,714.

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iventionlrelasi tes to' improvements in et oiiwhich is tocherge the cyin- 'engine with explosive charges initio-g it-fry that purpose, inthe proper cylinder con 31e ignitingf mechanism nee-il leen. ne, :and libc engine therecranking.

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r explosive-engine, mounte the engine being shown 2, is s top plz-xn view 3, is osoctionalricev cyinders of the engine. ged view of'Y the cork eoviinders are rherged.

View nii-the cock for z with'ftbe ritmos* nov to' the Adrawings -1 is a Jdesired form of multiple cylin- "os've engine.' The engine here :four cylinders, and as here shown, e erticnl cylinder type.

'l iis invention .has relation to explosive engines for driving vchidles, and as' here showen-is qlocated in front ofthe dash-board o il. The cvlinfiers of the engine'are connect ed up with the usual cerburete'r 3, through which they are charged when the engine is running, and is so Wellnnderstood by those skilled in the' art that vfurther illustration sind description are not necessary for the corp or splaining the present invention'.

Th ,ngine cylinders are here shown provided with charging' cocks 4,- and in the arrangement here 'showuthese cocks form chsrging openings independents'- nf the openings tiirouglfi' which the cylinders are 'i when the engine is running. These- Acted by pipes too device .-fsn ekplosivecharge into 1he ugh `thesaid cocks` The form "gens 4of the Cleveland, 1n the' esplosive engines,

the invention applied to" oorcing device here shown is o hand-of erated' pump, but this ma 'be a different device, I ss' will be descri ed hereinafter. This pump or' forcing device is connected with any desired or suitable form of carbureter 7'.-

The'oocks 4 ure 'provided with brins 8 by means of which theyare' opened und closed, and these arms' are-connected by n rod 9, soI that they maybe operated together.

Each ofthe engine cylinders is provided with cockslO''forconnectinglhcm with the atmosphere durinilg the hand-'chnrgingoperation for a purpose to be explained presently.' These cocks are provided Witharms ll by ineens oi which they' can be opened and closed,and these-arms :1re connected by n. rod '12 so they 'can be' operated 'together'. The rods 9 'and 12 areconnected to u memhor 13 so that the cocks 4 and 10 can all be opened nn'dmll closed atthe-same time and by a single member, though such arrange ment is not' essential to the'invention. The member 13 here shown is intermediately pivotcd at the point 14 and has'an'opernting handle 15 extending through the vehicle dash-board 2' for convenience inoperating. When the handle'l is moved in one direction, all the'cocks'sre opened, and when moved 'in the other direction, all are closed.` Also for convenience in operation, the pump 6 is located backof the dash-board 2;

It is Well known by persons skilled in the nrt that multiple cylinder engines stop with one at lenstof the' pistons mr position for the power stroke, and such engines can therefore often be started -When hot by-Worki'ng the sparking lever or switch. This manner of starting, however, is Well-known' to be very unreliable for many' reasons, among which is sulieient tomenti'on the loss of the charge by lekage past the valves, l:md piston, and the sucking into theoylintler uncarbureted air caused by lthe cooling of the cylinders. Ir' storting an explosive engine by' or arrangement involvin --the inventionhere disclosed, all the coc tand 10 are opened. Carbureted air is then forced through the carbureter? into the cylinders; the cocks closed, and. the engine can be started bythe switvh or sparkinglever.- This inventiomhas been found in practice -to bethcroughly reliable; for it furnishes a charge-of-the-propex'-mixture of -air sind gasolene to be ignited when the sparkis roo lthe other cylinders for the 'Succeeding explo! sions, and the c linder in which the first explosion occurre isthereafter charged from.

the running carbureter 3.

' with the atmosphere during .the,c"`arg1ng .operation is, that some O the cylinders will lstop with the inlet-orfexhaustvalve thereofo en thus connecting them` with the atmos, p ere, and it is necessary to connect thev other cylinders with the^ atmospherefalso, for otherwise they could notj` be charged,

since the mixture, wouldtake .the line of least resistance and pass t0 the altrlnosphere-4 through the open valves; and would not 'eniter the cylinders which were closed to the atmosphere.4 tis the cylinder that has its valves closed that'must be charged, .for it is the cylinder which is on lits power` stroke, and in which thesparkwill occur when the switch isturned O n.- Tc assist in insuring the igniting of the chargfe'thus forced 4into the cylinders, the-charging cocksare placed close to, and preferably over the sparking plugsl, as shovvnfin Fig. 3.l .Instead of having a hand pump as 6, achamber carrying compressed vair-*couldbe rovided, and the air forced throghrthe car ureter-to the cylinders. The said 'chamber could such event be provided with compressed ai'by means of a pumpgoperated by, the engine. As beforestated, the* essential broad idea of the-.inventionfis tocharge the cylinders of the' engine independent of the engine piston suction, sothe engine can be charged,

without cranking.

`edle` 17, theoperation 'oflwhich is Well understood" bv. automobile f drivers and others skilled in the art. and needs no further illus- Having thus 'described the invention, the

and an engine operated ignitiing mechanism,

of a carbureter anda' hand-operated air suc.

ftion and compression device' having a suction communication Wlth-the Garber/eter for.

of the exhaust outlet. and a handoperated spark controlling device to cause a spark-in f the cylinder when the engine is at' r`es t..

2'. The combination with a multiple'cylinder i explosion engine, engineoperated ineens for? ancrer supplying an explosive mixture to the cyli 4'in''ffdirecti-:Teunication lwith the engine The reason for connectmg the c llnders Acylinder independent of the exhaust outlet, anda hando erated device .for causing said i sparking mec amsm to ignite the hand supjplied explosive charge in the cylinder while 3. 'T y1e combination of a multiple cylinder 4explosive engine, means operated by the engine for a normal supply of explosive'mixture to the cylinders, an engine operated lignition mechanismfor the cylinders a carbureter, connectionsbetween the carbureter gand said cylinders, an air supply device condergforsu lying anexplosive ultaueouslyilinto all the cylinnected with the carbureter to force an explosive Vmixture simultaneously into all 0i the cylinders, each cylinder having a controlled, atmospheric communication independent of the exhaust outlet, hand operated means for simultaneously opening and closling said communications, anignition device for each cylinder, and a hand operated device common to and adapted to operate 'said 4last ignition devices;

l 4. rFhe combination'of a multiple cylinder explosive engine, means operated by the enginefor a normal supply of explosive 'mix- .ture to the cylinders, an engine operated ignition mechanism for the cylinders, each cylinder having a manually controlled atmospheric communication independent of the exhaust outlet for the purpose described, means 'for chargingthe cylinders with an 'f explosive mixture while the engine is at rest, `The spark 1s controlledlby a lever or hanan ignition device for each cylinder, and a *hand-operated means common to and. adapted to operate the said ignition mechanism 1when the engine is at res 5. The combination of a multiple cylinder e1 zplosive engine, ymeans operatedby the en- Ygine for al normal supply of explosive mixture tothe cyllnders, an engine' operated ignition mechanism for the cylinders, each" cylinderhaving a combined manual means for controlling the atmospheric communication 'independent othe exhaust outlet, and .for-charging the cylinders with an elxplosive 'mintnrewhile the'engine'is at restian ignition device for eachfcylinder and; a hand .operated means comm'n to' and adapted toV operate the said ignition mechanism when the engine isjat rest.'

' 6: The combination ofga multiple cylinder explosive engine, means operatedbythe engine for a normal supply of explosive mixture.' to the cylinders an engine operated ignition mechanism for the cylinders, a carbureter nependent und Sepamte from the i cylinder, and a hund operated device comnormal explosive mixture supply, comme i mon to and adapted to operate said last biens between the said cerbureter und the l ignition device.

cylinders, an supply device connected In testimony whereof we, aix our sgna- 15 with the eabmeter to feree an ex;,w`u' si'v-1: i tures in presence of two Witnesses.

ders, each eyluder having a. eontroled at- B' NDFRqO mosphele cemmmcetun ndepeil-.dent of J J k the exhaust outlet, hand operated. means im' Witnesses:

smitaneeusly opening and dosing said XV. J. VARU,

eem-mueetinns, am igmten device :fm: @eeh P. T. UPPER. 

